Management and Outcomes of Very Low Birth Weight  

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Eichenwald, Eric C. ; Stark, Ann R.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: The New England Journal of Medicine (keterangan: ada di Proquest) vol. 358 no. 16 (Apr. 2008), page 1700.

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Perpustakaan FK Nomor Panggil: N08.K.2008.02 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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Approximately 12.5% of births in the United States are preterm (occurring before 37 weeks of gestation). Preterm infants with "very low" birth weight are those who weigh 1500 g or less; those with "extremely low" birth weight weigh 1000 g or less. Although they account for only 1.5% and 0.7% of live births, respectively, these infants contribute disproportionately to neonatal morbidity and to health care costs. For example, in the United States approximately 40% of the estimated 6600 cases of cerebral palsy that are diagnosed each year occur in children with a very low birth weight.1 In 2003, preterm infants . . .

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